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Mata Bond

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About Me

I spent part of my childhood in South Africa, studied in Paris where I discovered the jazz clubs of Saint Germain. I began stepping out from that time, tasting music from 30's jazz to electro beats. I am now enjoying life in South of France, waiting for the next party...Get Your Own! | Image Hosting


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My Interests

Horse riding* Croissants with my macchiato* Weekends abroad* Champagne & cocktails* Driving gloves* Surfer wannabe* Ethology* the world of Piero Fornasetti* Decorative art from 30's to 60's* Pop culture & modernist living* Airports & aircrafts world* Cabaret & burlesque* Antiquity* Marimekko's patterns* Italian design* Antti Lovag's maison-bulle* Oscar Niemeyer, Frank Lloyd Wright* karting & classic sportscars* Playmobil figurines & Rubik's cube* I CONFESS A WEAKNESS FOR: Dark chocolate & liquorice macarons° Leather boots° Wigs° Golden roman sandals° Electronic sounds & brass section° Cherry flavour° Old fashionned ballrooms° Fur & ANYTHING SUAVE°°° Get Your Own! | View Slideshow

I'd like to meet:

HAPPY PEOPLE° THE IN CROWD° GROOVY DANCERS & POLO PLAYERS°

Music:

MAINLY 60's & 60's RELATED: Beat/ Soul/ Northern Soul/ Hammond/ Garage/ Rhythm'N'Blues/ Boogaloo/ Surf/ French pop/ jazz (early-swing-latin-modern)/ Brazilian sounds & exotica/ The Animals, Kinks, Sonics, Seeds, Serge Gainsbourg, Les Playboys, Pretty Things, Screamin'Jay Hawkins, Headcoatees, Dick Dale.. LOUNGE & INCIDENTAL -LIBRARY- music: Syd Dale/ Nicola Conte/ Laurie Johnson/ Jerry Von Rooyen/ alan Hawkshaw/ John Keating.. I really got a thing for SOUNDTRACKS & their composers: Lalo Schifrin/ Michel Legrand/ Nino Rota/ Ennio Morricone/ John Barry/ Jack Arel/ Roy Budd/ Burt Bacharach/ Claude Denjean/ Francis Lai/ Armando Trovaioli/ Riz Ortolani/ Piero Piccioni/ Michel Magne/ Georges Delerue/ Bernard Hermann/ David Holmes/ Bruno Nicolai/ Nico Fidenco/ François de Roubaix.. Crooners & female voices. ELECTRO lounge-pop-rock-big beat.: Air/ Daft punk/ Philippe Katerine/ Fantastic plastic machine/ Pizzicato 5/ Peaches/ The Dead 60s/ Franz Ferdinand/ Fat Boy Slim/ Troublemakers/ Thievery Corporation.. Erik Satie/ Claude Debussy (for Ultimate Lounge sessions) Get Your Own! | View Slideshow

Movies:

Mainly from the 30s to 70s Spy films: Casino Royale/ The Bonds/ Modesty Blaise/ In like Flint/ OSS 117/ The Silencers. Sword & sandals films° Kung-Fu movies° Spaghetti Westerns° The Nouvelle Vague° 40s american "Whodunnits"° Jacques Tati° Hitchcock° OUTSTANDING MOVIES: La Dolce Vita/ Il Sorpasso/ Faster Pussycat Kill Kill!/ Get Carter/ La Piscine/ Ne nous Fâchons Pas/ I Mostri/ A bout de Souffle/ The Party/ She Devils On Wheels/ Les Demoiselles de Rochefort/ The Big Sleep/ Thomas crown Affair/ La Vérité/ Endless Summer/ Touch of Evil/ The Knack/ Morgan/ Zazie dans le Métro/ Once upon a time in the West/ Zabriskie Point/ Le Magnifique/ Zardoz/ Rollerball/ Dragées au Poivre/ La Notte/ Fantasia/ Accatone/ Shadows/ The Big Lebowski/ Cry Freedom/ Usual Suspects/ The Cotton Club/ Pulp Fiction/ Lost in Translation/ The Talented Mr Ripley/ 12 monkeys/ Kill Bill 1. Get Your Own! | View Slideshow

Television:

The Persuaders/ the Avengers/ Absolutely Fabulous/ Space:1999/La Linea/ Arte channel/ the Green Hornet/ Les Shadocks.

Books:

Schott's Original Misscellany/ James Ellroy/ Chester Himes/ Philip K. Dick/ Montaigne/ Moravia/ Prévert/ Pierre Loti/ Baudelaire/ Coetzee. MAGAZINES: AD, Wallpaper, Citizen K, Courrier International, the late Girlyhead. ILLUSTRATORS: Kiraz, Peynet, Shag, Guido Crepax, Gary Larson, Peter Bagge's HATE, Jim Holdaway..

Heroes:

My Mum - Leonardo da Vinci -